Quick and Delish Cauliflower with Lemon Caper Butter

Quick and Delish Cauliflower with Lemon Caper Butter. Don't know what to do with that cauliflower sitting in the fridge? How about steaming it and tossing it in lemon and further more, adding capers? This is a side dish that packs some wonderful flavor and texture!

Cauliflower has come a long way since the days of seeing it on a plate lifeless and lacking creativity. I love this vegetable, it really takes on lovely flavor with whatever you put with it. More so, its sweet earthiness is a perfect accompaniment to lemon, butter, capers, and some heat from chili flakes, giving our taste buds something to talk about. Looking for a side dish? Give this one a try!

Capers?

To tell you the truth the only thing I knew about capers years ago was that someone put it in grilled cheese to make it more gourmet. I always thought it was something that came from the sea. However I later found out that it grows on a bush and is similar to a berry.

You can usually find it in the condiment and pickle area of your grocery store. Some are packed in a jar with brine, while others and preserved in coarse sea salt. The flavor is hard to describe, perhaps floral with an edge of acidity.

If you have never tried them I highly recommend it and today I am going to show you how to use them in this side dish Quick and Delish Cauliflower with Lemon Caper Butter!

A great side dish with few ingredients

This dish has not many ingredients. For the spices:

• Salt
• pepper
• paprika

To kick it up some:

• butter
• capers
• Kalamata olives
• lemon juice

Garnishing:

• fresh chopped parsley

Quick and Delish Cauliflower

This recipe takes 15 minutes or less to prepare. The cauliflower goes into a pot of boiling water or steamer till fork tender. While that is happening we can make the caper butter sauce. Firstly we toss butter, capers, olives, chili flakes, and a nice squeeze of lemon juice. Secondly turn on the heat and get those ingredients acquainted to develop our sauce.

The next step

The cauliflower is beautifully fork tender. It is important to not overcook this vegetable, because it will turn into a mash and we will loose that texture we are looking for in this dish. Time to take the cauliflower out of the pot to drain. If you are using a steamer there will always be some moisture so let it drain. We don't want that water in the sauce it will dilute the flavor. Into the pan with the butter sauce it goes and a gentle stir.

Finishing this time savvy and flavorful cauliflower dish

At this stage we need to season with salt and pepper. Furthermore, a sprinkling of chopped parsley for color and added flavor.

There you have it Quick and Delish Cauliflower with Lemon Caper Butter ready to be plated.

Love the flavors and textures!

Don't you just love when you bite into cauliflower and it has a slight bite to it? However, the beautiful part is how it melts in your mouth releasing all those luscious flavors.

We have this wonderful acidity from the capers and olives, and bright notes from the lemon. I love how there is a subtle heat coming from the dried red chili, more so, added pepper from parsley. The really great thing is how the sweetness and earthiness of the cauliflower really balance this symphony of flavor and texture out.

Next time

On your next shopping trip for groceries, grab that cauliflower that is calling out to you. This vegetable is wonderful. It stores well in the fridge, and has some great health benefits! You can eat it raw, in soups, in an Indian-inspired dish, with pasta. Furthermore, it is so good in this Quick and Delish Cauliflower with Lemon Caper Butter. Serve it as your side dish tonight!

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